Tuesday, 10 March 2015, 3:44 pmPress Release: United Nations Human Rights Commissioner UN human rights expert meets with Eritrean refugees and migrants in Belgium GENEVA (9 March 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today started an official visit to Belgium (9-11 March) to collect first-hand…
February 23, 2015 (Geneva) – Eritrea’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Thursday 26 February in meetings that will be webcast live. Eritrea is one of the 188 States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women…
Mike Smith, Chairperson, Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, speaks to the press after presenting his report to the 28th Session at the Human Rights Council in Geneva. UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré 16 March 2015 – A four-month United Nations investigation into the human rights situation in Eritrea has found “very clear patterns” of violations and…
More information about Eritrea is available on the Eritrea Page and from other Department of State publications and other sources listed at the end of this fact sheet. U.S.-ERITREA RELATIONS The United States established diplomatic relations with Eritrea in 1993, following its independence and separation from Ethiopia. The United States supported Eritrea’s independence, but ongoing government detention…
Friends and relatives of Eritrean refugees in Libya say that Islamic State militants executed at least three Eritrean asylum seekers together with the group of Ethiopians last week. They all lived in Israel and were deported to a third country in Africa. The Hotline for Refugees and Migrants which has been contacted by the relatives is also checking…
ሃገርና ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝተፈላለዩ ገዛእቲ ሓይልታት ትግዝኣሉ ዝነበረት ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ሰፍ ዘይብሉ በደላት በጺሖም እዮም። ንኣብነት መንግስቲ ጥልያን ንኣሽሓት ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኣብ ሊብያ ብምውሳድ መዝሓል ዓረር ኮይኖም ንኽሓልፉ ፈሪድዎም ነበረ፡ ነቶም ለውጢ ንምምጻጽ ዝተቓለሱ ሓርበኛታት ድማ ኣደዳ ስደት፣ ማእሰርቲ ናኹራ ከምኡ ድማ ሞት ጌርዎም እዩ። ምሕደራ እንግሊዝ ንመግዛእቲ ጥልያን ኣብ ዝተክኣሉ እውን እቲ ሕሱምን…
“ዓቢ ሰብ ክጋገ ፡ ጌጋኡ ክንዲ እምባ ይኸውን” ኣባሃህላ ቐዳሞት፡ ኣቶ ሳልሕ ቃዲ፡ ካብቶም መቓልሰተይ፡ መሰታይ፡ መምህር፡ ጻሓፋይ፡ ኢለ ዝቖጽሮ ሰብ ነበረ። ኣብ ቃል ኣቶ ሳልሕ ክምርኮስ “ኣፍካ ከምድላይካ ትበልዓሉ እምበር፡ ከምድላይካ ኣይትዛርበሉን” ኢሉ ዝእርም ሰብ ነበረ። መርበብ ዜና ዓዋተ፡ ምስ ጀመረ፡ ዕባይ ከተማ “ ከረን”፡ብምዃኑ፡ መሰረት ብምግባር፡ ተጋዳላይ፡ ስደተኛ፡ ዝተማህረ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ ከም…
ዓመት ወጸ ዓመት መጸ መራሕ ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሽግራቱ ብግቡእ ብምልላይ ግቡእ ፍታሕ ንኸየምጽእ ብሽሓጥን ኣደናገርትን ቃላት ኣድህቦ ህዝቢ ንምኽሳብን ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕን ነዊሕ ምድላዋት ብዝተገብረሉን ኣቐዲሙ ብነጋሪት ዝተነግረሉን ቃለ-መሕትት (interview) ከምዝገብር ክዝረበሉን ክንገረሉን ቀነየ። ከምቲ ልሙድ ድማ ኣብ ክንዲ ንኤርትራን ኤርትራውያን ዝምልከቱ እዋናውያን ሕቶታት ምድሃብ፡ ንኣብነት ናይ ንእስነት መቓልስትኻ ኣብ ኮንተይነራት ተኣሲሮም ብዘስካሕክሕ…
Journalist discusses how thousands of Eritreans flee their repressive country only to be tortured in Egypt’s Sinai. Mounting documentation of human rights violations in Eritrea – arbitrary arrests, torture of prisoners, forced military service with appalling conditions – highlights why almost 5 percent of Eritrea’s population has fled the country in the past decade. The UN refugee…
Early day motion slams mining companies for using forced labour in collusion with repressive Eritrean government and adding to the country’s human exodus Western mining companies operating in Eritrea are reducing workers to “abject slavery” at their mines and worsening a human exodus that is driving more than 5,000 people out of the country every month, a…